Eminem Facts

Eminem is actually the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III. Slim Shady is his nickname.

His popularity has brought recognition to his Detroit rap group D12.

Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Rolling Stone named him The King of Hip Hop.

He holds the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest selling hip-hop artist.

He achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200.

His 1999 The Slim Shady LP is his major-label debut album.

Shady Records is his own recording label.

He invited Jackson to fly to Los Angeles after getting impressed with Jackson's Guess Who's Back?.

He is of Scottish and Welsh decent.

He failed 9th grade a total of three times, because he care for rap more than school.

He began performing as early as thirteen.

He knew his ex-wife Kim since high school.

He cuts his own hair.

On his upper left arm, there is a tattoo in memory of his Uncle Ronnie who commited suicide in 1991. He also has a tattoo on both of his arms that say D on one and 12 on the other to mean D-12 or Dirty Dozen.